‘US wants IDPs settled before action in Waziristan’

Although Mr Holbrooke said it could be beneficial to have simultaneous offensives -- the US Marines on the Afghan side and the Pakistani army in Fata -- the greater concern is unfinished business elsewhere. ‘Why would I push them to start an offensive when they have two million people they have to protect first?’ the US envoy said. Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 28, 2009

Good for perspective, but this lacks some depth and I didn't get any information here that wasn't reported elsewhere.

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